Zionsville Post Office closing its doors

Mail delivery for 1,000 people to be done from Hereford.

The Zionsville Post Office in Upper Milford Township is moving out of its home and its services will be picked up by two nearby post offices, officials said.

The post office at 6680 Kings Highway South will remain open until Friday and is merging its operations with the Hereford Post Office, about three miles away at 43 Star Road, said Peter Anrico, Zionsville's postmaster.

The changes were made because the postal service was unable to renew its lease in Zionsville.

Anrico's carriers have already moved to Hereford Township. The estimated 20 customers with post office boxes at Zionsville will be getting their mail at the Old Zionsville Post Office at 5831 Kings Highway South in Upper Milford, about a mile from the office that's closing.

Customers who receive notices to pick up large pieces of mail will now have to do so in Hereford.

The changes affect a little more than 1,000 customers in the 18092 ZIP code, postal officials said.

"As far as an inconvenience, it's not that much of an inconvenience [to customers]," Anrico said. "We're only moving up the street."

Anrico said customers have received notice about the changes. The carriers were moved to Hereford because that office has space, said Ray Daiutolo Sr., a regional spokesman for the Postal Service.

"We got to the point where the old lease is running out and we didn't have any other option," Daiutolo said.

He said the change is considered an "emergency suspension of operations." No final decision has been made on the future of a Zionsville Post Office, but he said the postal service has six months to evaluate the changes and decide whether to consider opening a new office.

He said if future changes are proposed, customers would be notified and public meetings would be held.

"We have six months now to study this," he said.

Anrico wasn't sure how long the Zionsville Post Office, which has six employees, has been open at its current location. He's been the postmaster there for 26 years and the building dates to the 1950s.

The Hereford Post Office is open 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturdays.

The Old Zionsville Post Office is open from 8 to 1:15 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Saturdays.